Wales Office News

Secretary of State for Wales Peter Hain has paid tribute to former Labour leader and Ebbw Vale MP Michael Foot, who has died at the age of 96.   Mr Hain said: ”Michael was perhaps Wales’ most brilliant adopted son. A good friend, he gave me much personal support over 40 years, from the Anti-apartheid Movement to our work together on the Tribune [...]

Secretary of State for Wales Peter Hain saw the latest world leading digital technologies - made in Wales - when he visited the Sony UK Technology Centre in Bridgend. As Wales is set to become the first digital nation of the UK, Mr Hain was given a preview of the latest digital products to be produced [...]

Secretary of State for Wales Peter Hain today [Monday 1 March] celebrated St David’s Day by launching a new set of Royal Mail stamps featuring famous Welsh castles. The stamps include images of popular historic Welsh castles such as Caernarfon, Carreg Cennen, Beaumaris, Criccieth, Harlech, Chepstow, Dinefwr, Dolbadarn, Dolwyddelan and Conwy. Mr Hain was also presented with [...]

THURSDAY 25 FEBRUARY 2010 As we take this opportunity to debate and celebrate all that is Welsh and our pride in Wales, perhaps there is a lesson from our national team’s sensational last minute victory against Scotland the other Saturday: don’t write off the red team until the final whistle… By the way, I’m talking rugby [...]

Secretary of State for Wales Peter Hain was visiting Germany today on a fact-finding mission for an ambitious scheme to transform Anglesey into the UK ‘hub’ for wind energy and create hundreds of new low carbon jobs. Mr Hain visited the German North Sea port town of Bremerhaven, which has witnessed the creation of around 700 [...]

Secretary of State for Wales Peter Hain today (20 February 2010) responded to the letter from First Minister Carwyn Jones (17 February 2010) giving formal notice of the resolution of the National Assembly for Wales in respect for a referendum on additional powers, under Section 104 of the Government of Wales Act 2006.  To view [...]

Secretary of State for Wales, Peter Hain, has welcomed the creation of 240 new jobs in Anglesey and Gwynedd, created through a successful bid to the UK Government’s Future Jobs Fund.  This brings the total number of jobs created in Wales for young people, over the last 7 months, to more than 9,000. The latest successful [...]

Wales Office Minister Wayne David today [Thursday 18 February] heard at first hand how the UK Government’s Future Jobs Fund is helping young people in Swansea back into work and training. During a visit to Gorseinon JobCentre, Mr David met a local young person -Bethan Nicholls - who is back in employment thanks to a successful [...]

Secretary of State for Wales today [Thursday 11 February] told delegates at the 10th All Wales Economic Summit in Llanelli that tackling youth unemployment remains a top government priority as the UK economy returns to growth.Mr Hain outlined how a range of initiatives introduced by the UK Government had helped young people back into employment [...]